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This is a comprehensive comparative analysis of the screwball comedy and film noir genres--two popular Hollywood staples that emerged around the same time. Despite their contrast in tone and theme, "Screwball" and "Noir" have many narrative elements in common. The author defines the two genres, discusses their historical development and inter-related conventions, and offers detailed comparative analyses of a number of films, among them The Lady Eve and His Girl Friday (screwballs), and Gilda and Sunset Blvd. (noirs).


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  • Author : Thomas C. Renzi
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Total Pages : 233 pages
  • ISBN : 0786488603
  • PDF File Size : 23,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Screwball Comedy and Film Noir

Screwball Comedy and Film Noir
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • File Size : 54,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 January 2012
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  • Release Date : 16 October 2002
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  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
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The representation of gender in film remains an intensely debated topic, particularly in academic considerations of US mainstream cinema where it is often perceived as perpetuating rigid, binary views of

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  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
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  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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  • Release Date : 13 January 2022
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A 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Love at first sight, whirlwind marriages, break-ups, divorces, remarriage... What accounts for the enduring success of the Hollywood madcap comedies of the 1930s? Directed by

Hollywood Screwball Comedy 1934-1945

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  • Release Date : 13 January 2022
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Love at first sight, whirlwind marriages, break-ups, divorces, remarriage... What accounts for the enduring success of the Hollywood madcap comedies of the 1930s? Directed by masters of comedy (Hawks, LaCava,

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  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
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  • Release Date : 09 June 1981
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Looks at seven classic romantic comedies of the thirties and forties, and compares what each film expresses about marriage, interdependence, equality, and sexual roles.